3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (63+ words) World of chaos? I'm too busy eating frog'The Times World of chaos? I'm too busy eating frog I'm trying to ignore the horrors of yet another "special operation' by making a list of all the boring things I need to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (488+ words) For the best part of two decades, during which time chess was dominated by the Russian grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov, the Dutch challenger Jan Timman was hailed as "the best of the West. As a master strategist, his…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (532+ words) The mystery of an inscribed piece of white limestone discovered in an ancient Roman bathhouse has been solved with the aid of artificial intelligence " it is a board game. The stone was quarried in France 1,800 years ago but its purpose…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (996+ words) Secrets of a board game-obsessive'The Times Secrets of a board game-obsessive The high-end cards, chess sets and backgammon boards beloved by competitive connoisseurs Some of us only play board games during the festive period. But there is a more dedicated…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (547+ words) Despite centuries of chess players battling to outwit one another, the familiar starting formation of pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, queens and kings has barely been questioned since the Renaissance. However, an analysis has suggested that the game, venerable though it…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (214+ words) Cage was an inspiration to Martin, as indeed was Marcel Duchamp who, like Martin, was not only an artist but also a chess player of international reputation. Like Duchamp he combined humour and irony in his work across every medium,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (497+ words) The creator of Cluedo missed out on making a fortune when he sold the rights to his murder mystery game for just "5,000, his daughter has said. Anthony Pratt invented the board game in the kitchen of his Birmingham home to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (995+ words) Four times I had rolled the dice, each time in vain. Time was running out, and I was in dire need of a one or six to resurrect my captured checker and prevent myself from being "gammoned. I rolled both....

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (52+ words) Call to remove Olympic esports chief over "conflict of interest'The Times Call to remove Olympic esports chief over "conflict of interest Virtual Taekwondo likely to be included in inaugural Olympic Esports Games " even though two of Ng Ser Miangs children…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (750+ words) Google faces a nail-biting summer. In August, a federal judge in Washington will decide whether or not to break up the company as he enforces changes to address competition concerns in online search. A decision has been a long time…...